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Mudro, Beartrap River, Horse lake loop
by bobbwca

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/13/2009
Entry & Exit Point: Mudro Lake (EP 23)
Number of Days: 7
Group Size: 3
Day 5 of 7
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

We grab what we need for the day and head out to see if another campsite about a mile a way that i've stayed at two other times is open. If you look at a map its the Northeastern campsite on Crooked Lake. We get there and it's open so we drop off Kayls and the food pack, fishing gear etc. then head back to our campsite from last night and pack it up to move. We get everything there then basically just sat around most of the day. I read the book "The Root Bear Lady" about Dorothy Molder who lived on Knife Lake for five decades. Easy reading and took me about four hours to read. Quite the fascinating life she had. Kayla and Eric slept most of the day. They finally got up and we set up camp, usually thats the first thing we do! We go and fish the Canadian current and I caught a 21 in. Walleye, an hour later thats all we have so we stop and clean it, then head back to camp for dinner. We eat this fish and some beaf stew, then make brownies for desert. Not to bad of a meal! Later on Kayla wants to play cards again so we do. The one thing i've noticed from this spot one year ago is how much lower the water is, at least two feet lower. Oh ya and no bugs here! This site is one of my favorites just because of that, its very open, and this being my third time at this site, i'm sure next time i'm up this way i'll stay here again, if it's open!